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3. The Treaty provisions do not appear to have been implemented by specific provisions in the Merchant Shipping Act or Ordinance, possibly because the liability to confisca- tion by the Chinese Government was in itself considered a sufficient deterrent.
4. Now however that the movements of the Chinese Customs preventive service are restricted by hostilities in the waters of the coast of China near the Colony the amendments to section 22 (6) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, seem called for if the Treaty provisions are to be made effective.
5. By Article XXVI of the Royal Instructions, Bills relating to Treaty obligations or affecting Trade or shipping require either a clause suspending their operation until the signification of the Royal pleasure thereon or prior submission of the Bill for Royal instructions through the Secretary of State. The latter alternative was adopted in this case and His Majesty's instructions for the introduction of the Bill to the Legislative Council have been received.
January, 1940.
C. G. ALABASTER,
NOTICES.
Attorney General.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 68. It is hereby notified that information has been received from the Director, League of Nations Eastern Bureau, Singapore, to the effect that the quarantine restrictions imposed by the Government of Palestine against Hong Kong on account of cholera, published in the Supplement to Gazette as No. S. 276 of 22nd June, 1939, have been removed.
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16th February, 1940.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
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